KOLKATA: In an amazing gesture that will restore your faith in humanity, the Muslim in West Bengal’s Kharagpur has decided to give up their Muharram procession this year and donate that money towards the treatment of a Hindu neighbour who is battling cancer.

According to a Hindustan Times report, Samaj Sangha Club in Kharagpur’s Puratan Bazar which organises Muharram procession raises around Rs 50,000 but has decided to redirect the money towards Abir Bhunia .

35-year-old Abir, a mobile recharge shop owner is suffering from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. He needs Rs 12 lakh for a treatment that includes bone marrow transplantation.

Amjad Khan, secretary of Samaj Sangha, told Hindustan Times, “Muharram processions can be organised every year. But we have to save the life first.”